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N. T. MBLVIN.

BEDSTEAD.

Patented Jan. 17,1882.

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" NATHAN T. MELviN, or Lonr, onto.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,490, dated January 1'7, 1882.

Application filed November 25, 1881. (No model.)

To all lwhom it may concern iing and connecting the sides and ends together,

by which the head and foot arereadily attached to and separated from the side pieces or rails, the principal object being to render the article cheap, durable, and light, that it may be used with facility as a portable bedstead as well as stationary.

For a full understandingof the invention and a further and more complete description thereof, reference 'will be had to the following specification, and to the annexed drawings, making part of the same, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of one form of` constructing thebedstead. Fig. 2 is a view ot' the corner sections. Fig. 3 is a top view ofy the corner sections. Fig. 4t is a detached section, which will be referred to in description. Y Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The bedstead herein represented is made entirelyof round pieces, (turned in a lathe,) which are preferable for cheapness and lightness and snlliciently strong for all the purposes designed. The improvement is, however, applicable to other forms and constructionswithout departing from the nature of my invention.

ln the drawings, A represents the posts; B, the head-section; G, the foot-section, and D D the side sections, as seen in'Fig. 1. The said head, foot, and sides are in separate sections, each of which are connected together by being attached to the cornenposts A by means of the clamps or lugs a a and?) b', Figs. 1 and 2, there being two clamps in each post for the side rails or sections, and also two clamps at right angles thereto, or nearly so, in the posts for the attachment of the head and foot sections. These lugs are alike and connected with the posts all in the same way. Hence it will not be necessary to describe each one separately.

Each lng is secured to the post by means of' two or more pins or dowels, o, the ends of which are secured respectively in tlielugs and posts in such way as to admit of the space between the posts and lugs, as seen in Fig. 2, being wider above the pins than below, which causes the said space to be tapering, whereby the bars E F of the end and side sections are clamped or wedged in between the lugs and posts, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

Near the ends of the bars E F is cnt a groove, one on each end, as indicated at d d, Fig. 4. This `groove, is the segment of the posts circnmference on one side and that of the lugs on the other, so that the several sections of the bedstead are together as seen in Fig. 1. A jointed connection of the posts with the bars is firmly secured in the manner seen at Aal), Fig. 3. The grooves in the ends ot the bars fit' in .between the lugs and posts, as indicated at d d, Fig. 3. The said grooves in the bars prevent the side and end sections from slipping or moving out from between the posts and lugs, either in a lateral or transverse direction, and the only way to remove the section or take the bedstead apart is by raising up the side and Y end sections, that the bars may be free from between the lugs and posts.

The bedstead is set up byentering thelower bar at the groove d between the lower lug and the post, and at the same time entering the upper one. in the same way between the upper lug and the post and by forcing down the sections. When in this positionthe bars become tightly clamped between the lugs ,and posts, and the greater the force exerted in bearing down thesections the more tightly and securely the joints are held, as the space vbetween the posts and lugs is tapering by the angular or oblique position ot' the lugs in relation to the posts. Hence the weight of the spring-bottoni, which may be connected with the lower bars of the sections, as seen in an application pending forsaid springbottoni, and the weight constantly more or less exerted in the use of the bedstead, will constantly tend to tighten thel bars to the post in the manner described. The bedstead can be readily taken apart and the sectionscompactly laid one upon the other for transportation, as the article is light and easily handled.

What I claim as my invention, and de sire to secure by Letters Patent, is

` 1. In bedsteads, the posts thereof having lngs connected therewith in an angular or obliqne relation to said parts, in vcombination with the bars or rails of the side and end sections,

substantially as described, and for the purpose 5 set forth.

2. In bedsteads, the rails or bars ofthe sides and sections of the ends, provided with grooves d, in combination with the lugs connected with the posts, arranged to clamp the said bers be- 1o tween the lugs Iand posts, substantially as described.

3. A bedstead constructed entirely of rounded turned posts and made up in sections, consisting of the sides, ends, and posts connected together by clamping the sides and ends between 15 the lugs and posts, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofl I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATHAN T. MELVIN.

Witnesses:

B. F. CRIswELL, J. C. SNELL. 

